Rick Marshall
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A&E Editor @TimesUnion.com | Professional Geek | Award-Winning Writer / Editor / Podcaster / Journalist | Rotten Tomatoes & Critics Choice | Cat Guy
Past: MTV News, Digital Trends, Mental Floss, Daily Gazette, IFC, etc.
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More @ Linktr.ee/That_Rickmarshall
Libraries rock. (And apparently there's still a judge out there who agrees with that statement.)
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Libraries rock. (And apparently there's still a judge out there who agrees with that statement.)
I'll buy THAT for a dollar!
Detroit has unveiled their statue honoring RoboCop
www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit...
www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit...
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop. The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
www.metrotimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'll buy THAT for a dollar!
Some local things to do this upcoming week:
- Death Angel anniv. show - Albany 🤘
- Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg - Woodstock
- "Murder for Two: Holiday Edition" - Albany 💀🎄
- "Blind Cop 2" premiere - Schenectady
- Victorian Strolls - Troy/Saratoga
- Opera Saratoga's "La Bohème"
More info/events:
- Death Angel anniv. show - Albany 🤘
- Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg - Woodstock
- "Murder for Two: Holiday Edition" - Albany 💀🎄
- "Blind Cop 2" premiere - Schenectady
- Victorian Strolls - Troy/Saratoga
- Opera Saratoga's "La Bohème"
More info/events:
To do this week: Steve Martin/Martin Short, Victorian events, Marky Ramone
Arts, entertainment, films, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Dec. 4, through Wednesday, Dec. 10
www.timesunion.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Some local things to do this upcoming week:
- Death Angel anniv. show - Albany 🤘
- Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg - Woodstock
- "Murder for Two: Holiday Edition" - Albany 💀🎄
- "Blind Cop 2" premiere - Schenectady
- Victorian Strolls - Troy/Saratoga
- Opera Saratoga's "La Bohème"
More info/events:
- Death Angel anniv. show - Albany 🤘
- Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg - Woodstock
- "Murder for Two: Holiday Edition" - Albany 💀🎄
- "Blind Cop 2" premiere - Schenectady
- Victorian Strolls - Troy/Saratoga
- Opera Saratoga's "La Bohème"
More info/events:
I assure you that is really me in the corner. We did, in fact, win this inaugural trivia competition. No surprise: My primary contributions were in the "film adaptations" category and suggesting we order Guinness. LITERARY TRIVIA CHAMPIONS!
Victory tastes like steak fries and Guinness: The team known as Oh No Albany celebrates its win in the first edition of @nyswi.bsky.social lit trivia night.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I assure you that is really me in the corner. We did, in fact, win this inaugural trivia competition. No surprise: My primary contributions were in the "film adaptations" category and suggesting we order Guinness. LITERARY TRIVIA CHAMPIONS!
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Just a reminder, since a lot of our self worth can be tied up in the things that we make --
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just a reminder, since a lot of our self worth can be tied up in the things that we make --
Not sure what I love more: That this film is a locally shot '80s-style action-comedy about a blind cop who rides a motorycle and fights gun traffickers... or that it's a sequel to a film that was never actually made. It premieres next week in Schenectady. #filmsky
‘Blind Cop 2’ heads to Schenectady for NY premiere
Syracuse filmmaker Alec Bonk’s indie film inspired by 1980s action classics will have its New York premiere at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady.
www.timesunion.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not sure what I love more: That this film is a locally shot '80s-style action-comedy about a blind cop who rides a motorycle and fights gun traffickers... or that it's a sequel to a film that was never actually made. It premieres next week in Schenectady. #filmsky
"Even if (a Ramones reunion) had been a possibility at some point in the past two decades, Ramone doesn’t believe it would have happened. In fact, he finds the entire concept of nostalgia-based reunions from long-in-the-tooth groups to be distasteful."
The former Ramones drummer reflects on the band’s history and keeping its songs alive ahead of a Dec. 6 holiday show at Bearsville Theater.
Marky Ramone talks Ramones’ rock legacy ahead of Woodstock holiday show
The former Ramones drummer reflects on the band’s history and keeping its songs alive ahead of a Dec. 6 holiday show at Bearsville Theater.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Even if (a Ramones reunion) had been a possibility at some point in the past two decades, Ramone doesn’t believe it would have happened. In fact, he finds the entire concept of nostalgia-based reunions from long-in-the-tooth groups to be distasteful."
I call this one "Softly falling snow on a rainbow-barfing garden gnome."
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I call this one "Softly falling snow on a rainbow-barfing garden gnome."
Man creates dinosaurs, dinosaurs eat man, Santa inherits the Earth.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Man creates dinosaurs, dinosaurs eat man, Santa inherits the Earth.
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Absolutely fascinating piece about the race to save decaying musicians' master tapes as reported by Ben Sisario at the Times. Here's a gift link so you can read it.
#music #preservation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/a...
#music #preservation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/a...
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Absolutely fascinating piece about the race to save decaying musicians' master tapes as reported by Ben Sisario at the Times. Here's a gift link so you can read it.
#music #preservation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/a...
#music #preservation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/a...
I suspect this might not be 100% legit licensing, but I prefer to imagine a scenario in which someone pitched WB like, "Hear me out: OFFICIAL BATMAN STREET-SWEEPING TRUCKS. Because who's going to clean up the city better than Batman, right? Right?!"
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I suspect this might not be 100% legit licensing, but I prefer to imagine a scenario in which someone pitched WB like, "Hear me out: OFFICIAL BATMAN STREET-SWEEPING TRUCKS. Because who's going to clean up the city better than Batman, right? Right?!"
Some truly amazing art here, created by some supremely talented artists. The Times Union's @schneidlee.bsky.social talked to the creators behind some of those gorgeous, eye-catching murals that have been popping up around the region.
At schools, libraries, businesses and more, murals are on display in the Capital Region
The artists discuss the inspiration behind their works and how they bring these projects across the finish line.
www.timesunion.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Some truly amazing art here, created by some supremely talented artists. The Times Union's @schneidlee.bsky.social talked to the creators behind some of those gorgeous, eye-catching murals that have been popping up around the region.
Your annual reminder that you are not obligated to give your heart away to anyone - even someone special - this Christmas.
a person standing on top of a wooden fence covered in snow
ALT: a person standing on top of a wooden fence covered in snow
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Your annual reminder that you are not obligated to give your heart away to anyone - even someone special - this Christmas.
Take note, fans of opossums, snails, erotic comics, and a wonderful time-travel story I have on my own bookshelf ("We Can Fix It!").
I have an Etsy shop and there are, quite frankly, delightful things for sale therein www.etsy.com/shop/Jessica...
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Take note, fans of opossums, snails, erotic comics, and a wonderful time-travel story I have on my own bookshelf ("We Can Fix It!").
Question for hospital & urgent care workers: Do you typically see a surge in injuries the weekend after Thanksgiving, when (I assume) most people who celebrate Christmas decide to hang lights, etc? Wondering as I climb up & down a rickety ladder tonight after seeing so many neighbors doing the same.
a house with a horse drawn carriage parked in front of it at night
ALT: a house with a horse drawn carriage parked in front of it at night
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Question for hospital & urgent care workers: Do you typically see a surge in injuries the weekend after Thanksgiving, when (I assume) most people who celebrate Christmas decide to hang lights, etc? Wondering as I climb up & down a rickety ladder tonight after seeing so many neighbors doing the same.
I got 5/10 correct in this week's quiz. Need to brush up on my holiday films, apparently.
Quiz: How well do you know your "holiday" movies?
Quiz about movies with the word "holiday" in the title
www.timesunion.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I got 5/10 correct in this week's quiz. Need to brush up on my holiday films, apparently.
I try to visit local comic shops while traveling. Dropped by Paper Asylum in Beverly, Mass., during a break from family holiday stuff. Great shop w/ wonderful local creator section, store deco & art supplies.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I try to visit local comic shops while traveling. Dropped by Paper Asylum in Beverly, Mass., during a break from family holiday stuff. Great shop w/ wonderful local creator section, store deco & art supplies.
We are so far beyond two front teeth at this point...
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are so far beyond two front teeth at this point...
SMASH THE PIG FOR LUCK and other upstate NY traditions I have partaken in...
"After the holiday dinner, families would pass around a small, silver hammer to pummel the pig, wrapped in a velveteen cocoon."
"After the holiday dinner, families would pass around a small, silver hammer to pummel the pig, wrapped in a velveteen cocoon."
The Saratoga Springs-based candy pig has become an unusual holiday tradition for families nationwide.
Upstate NY's Peppermint Pigs 'keep your childhood alive'
The Saratoga Springs-based candy pig has become an unusual holiday tradition for families nationwide.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
SMASH THE PIG FOR LUCK and other upstate NY traditions I have partaken in...
"After the holiday dinner, families would pass around a small, silver hammer to pummel the pig, wrapped in a velveteen cocoon."
"After the holiday dinner, families would pass around a small, silver hammer to pummel the pig, wrapped in a velveteen cocoon."
Former Capital Region comics crew and current good guy whose work I adore...
Huge Black Friday sale today in the @maverickogn.bsky.social online shop, including 50% off such titles as THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One by a certain Matthew Dow Smith!
So if you haven't picked it up yet, today is a great day to do it!
So if you haven't picked it up yet, today is a great day to do it!
The October Girl - Vol. 1 - Maverick
A moody, coming-of-age tale for fans of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Nimona, filled with fairies and ogres and magic galore. Autumn Ackerman grew up believing in fairies and magic a...
maverickgraphicnovels.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Former Capital Region comics crew and current good guy whose work I adore...
And a happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate...
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
And a happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate...
Some highlights:
- Tony winner Lea Salonga re-opens Troy Music Hall
- A Christmas Story: The Musical @ Cohoes Music Hall
- NYS Writers Institute Literary Trivia Night (I'll be there!)
- PhotoRegional exhibit @ Opalka
- Deck the Hall-bany Holiday Market & Festival
- 2025 Saratoga Festival of Trees
- Tony winner Lea Salonga re-opens Troy Music Hall
- A Christmas Story: The Musical @ Cohoes Music Hall
- NYS Writers Institute Literary Trivia Night (I'll be there!)
- PhotoRegional exhibit @ Opalka
- Deck the Hall-bany Holiday Market & Festival
- 2025 Saratoga Festival of Trees
Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Nov. 27, through Wednesday, Dec. 3
This week's highlights: Lea Salonga at Music Hall, ‘Nutcracker,’ ‘Sesame Street’
Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Nov. 27, through Wednesday, Dec. 3
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Some highlights:
- Tony winner Lea Salonga re-opens Troy Music Hall
- A Christmas Story: The Musical @ Cohoes Music Hall
- NYS Writers Institute Literary Trivia Night (I'll be there!)
- PhotoRegional exhibit @ Opalka
- Deck the Hall-bany Holiday Market & Festival
- 2025 Saratoga Festival of Trees
- Tony winner Lea Salonga re-opens Troy Music Hall
- A Christmas Story: The Musical @ Cohoes Music Hall
- NYS Writers Institute Literary Trivia Night (I'll be there!)
- PhotoRegional exhibit @ Opalka
- Deck the Hall-bany Holiday Market & Festival
- 2025 Saratoga Festival of Trees
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Looking for a good #Thanksgiving road-trip podcast? @timesunion.com has got you! We got news, politics, true crime and more. Listen to any of our shows wherever you get your podcasts: www.timesunion.com/podcasts